Good work, Mark. Did you shoot that eagle on one of our zoo adventures? Paul On Jan 8, 2007, at 11:35 PM, David Savage wrote:
> On 1/9/07, Mark Cassino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Not a shot of found objects, I made this: >> >> http://www.markcassino.com/temp/flag.jpg >> >> A composite shot - the bird was taken with A Pz-1p and A* 400mm f2.8, >> AF500FTZ flash. The flag was a little 8x10 inch plastic lawn flag >> snapped with a Nikon Coolpix 990. A little gaussian blur on the flag, >> knock the two images together, viola... (Um - pardon the French.) >> >> This was the cover shot and July image for a DAV calendar. I don't >> remember what year - I think 2006, maybe 2005. (Can't lay my hands on >> my copy.) >> >> One of the stock agencies I work with sold it. I got a copy of the >> calendar in the mail as just part of the regular mass distribution, >> opened it up and though "Dang! I have a photo just like that!" then >> realized it was mine. On the calendar the Pledge of Allegiance was >> overlaid on the bottom of the image image in gold type. >> >> I was surprised that it sold, because there are pretty stong >> conventions >> that the stars must be on the left. > > A bit cliched/kitch, but I like it anyway :-). > > What's the reasoning behind having the flag flipped? To me it works > just as well with the flag the right way around, and the eagle looking > to the right.. > > Another interesting thing. When I open the .jpg in PS it has a ruler > guide to the left. > > > Cheers > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
